Kelly's death 'was NOT caused by an overdose': Drugs expert dismisses theory on weapons inspector

Danny Gans' home sells for $9 million
T he sprawling replica of a French chateau formerly owned by Las Vegas headliner Danny Gans has been sold for $9 million. Gans, who died suddenly last year from an accidental painkiller Overdose, had the 9,400-square foot home built in the Roma Hills development on six custom home sites on 2½ acres. ...

Anna Nicole Smith: two guilty of conspiracy
Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and Psychiatrist were found Guilty of conspiring to give her excessive amounts of Prescription Drugs. Photograph: Richard Cohen/Corbis Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and Psychiatrist have been found Guilty of conspiring to give the late Playboy model Drugs. After a two month trial, a Los Angeles Court convicted Howard K.Stern and Khristine Eroshevich for conspiring to give her excessive amounts of Painkillers, antidepressants and other Prescription Drugs. They we...

Death of Anna Nicole Smith: Howard K. Stern & Dr. Khristine Eroshevich Found Guilty of Conspiring to Provide Drugs Using False
After all this time and litigation … boyfriend Howard K. Stern only found Guilty of conspiring to provide Drugs using false names . UNREAL!  Dr. Sandeep Kapoor was acquitted on all charges. Talk about a clueless jury. Shame on you all. How could any one knowingly acquit others who supplied a drug addict with massive quantities of drugs?   Because this is the type of individual who should be provided 1500 pills a month to kill the pain Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend-lawyer Howard

Cops: Missing NY woman died of accidental overdose
BRIGHTON, N.Y. (AP) — State Police say an accidental Prescription drug Overdose killed a 37-year-old woman who was found dead in her car after going missing in the Adirondacks. Authorities say 37-year-old Carrie Bailey of Lake Clear was last seen driving away from a friend's camp near Rainbow Lake in Franklin County on Aug. 21. Her car was found almost five days later about a half mile away in the driveway of a camp next door to her grandmother's home. An Autopsy showed she died of cardi...

The Good Earth and Dodged Bullets
From the ridiculously charming, smart and indispensable Michelle Malkin and the good folks at Hot Air comes a reminder that Progressives really are a separate--and dangerous--species. I speak, of course, of America’s sweetheart, Katie Couric, who has done so much to drive one of the formerly great network news organizations into the dumpster. Hot Air reports: “Rick Kaplan, her Executive Producer, says that ‘when she’s on the road--in Iraq with David Petraeus--she has a great way with p

Explosion rocks central Istanbul
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A suspected Suicide Bomber detonated a device in Istanbul's main square on Sunday, wounding 15 people, Istanbul's Police Chief said. Turkish reports said the Explosion occurred close to a spot in Taksim square where Riot Police were stationed in case of demonstrations. Police Chief Huseyin Capkin said nine Police Officers and six passers-by were injured in the Attack. At least two of the injured were in serious condition. "It appears to be a Suicide Bomber. At the...

Several injured in Istanbul blast
At least 15 people have been injured in what appears to have been a Suicide Bomb Attack in the centre of Istanbul. Television pictures from Taksim Square showed body parts lying on the ground. No group has said it carried out the Attack, but a two-month-old Ceasefire by Kurdish rebels was due to expire later on Sunday, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul. Riot Police stationed in the square may have been the target, a Police spokesman said. Nine Police Officers have been injured, so...

Hefner Feted in Chicago But Movie is as Creepy as Halloween
Who knew Playboy sponsored one of the biggest jazz festivals in history? Who knew it sent the Playboy jet to retrieve Vietnam orphans who bunnies, out of costume, nurtured back to health? Who knew Playboy supported Children of the Night, a group that helps runaways evade Prostitution or that Hef went to Northwestern? But halfway through the movie, a creep factor sets in. Maybe it is the parade of dead talking heads presented as if they were alive -- Alex Haley, Robert Culp, Tony Curtis -- or t...

Lib Dem warning over control orders
Home secretary Theresa May is believed to dislike control orders but is likely to toe the line that they are a necessary evil. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Liberal Democrats have openly warned David Cameron for the first time that any decision not to scrap control orders would jeopardise the coalition's civil liberties credentials. Senior Lib Dem backbenchers and peers have also written to Downing Street pressing for the limit on detention without charge to be cut from 28 days to 14 d...

Lib Dem warning over control orders
Home secretary Theresa May is believed to dislike control orders but is likely to toe the line that they are a necessary evil. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Liberal Democrats have openly warned David Cameron for the first time that any decision not to scrap control orders would jeopardise the coalition's civil liberties credentials. Senior Lib Dem backbenchers and peers have also written to Downing Street pressing for the limit on detention without charge to be cut from 28 days to 14 d...

MI6 spy died in sex game gone wrong
Police now believe that Gareth Williams, the former codebreaker for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 whose body was found naked in a padlocked gym bag in his west London flat, died accidentally from the lack of oxygen during a sex game gone wrong. British Tabloid The Sun reports that police say the 31-year-old man got sexual pleasure from being confined in small places and agreed to be locked in a 32-inch long North Face sports bag. Police believe Williams died quickly from the heat and...

Pace player honored amid quest for 'truth'
Two weeks after he was shot to death by Police outside a Mount Pleasant, N.Y., bar, more than 2,000 people crowded into the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center yesterday to remember the birthday Danroy Henry Jr. never lived to see. The Pace University football player would have turned 21 yesterday. And so his family, friends and teammates celebrated his life, even as they wrestled with questions about his death. “We have been overwhelmed by love and support as we continue to search fo...

Covance closes research partnership with Sanofi-Aventis that could be worth $2.2 billion
PRINCETON, N.J. — Drug development services company Covance Inc. said Friday it closed a research and development deal with Sanofi-Aventis SA, one of the world's biggest drug companies. Covance which is based in Princeton, N.J., said last month it will provide drug development services to the French drug maker and receive an estimated $1.2 Billion to $2.2 Billion in payments. Covance has said Sanofi-Aventis will use its services for drug discovery support, Toxicology, chemistry, clinica...

United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, California : News Room
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that she will offer an amendment to upcoming Food Safety Legislation to ban Bisphenol A (BPA) from Baby bottles, sippy cups, Baby Food and infant formula. BPA is a Toxic Chemical and known endocrine disruptor. Today, Senate negotiators released an agreement on Food Safety Legislation that does not include language banning BPA. The Food Safety bill is expected to come to the Senate floor shortly after the Senate reco...

Tribute planned for slain Pace student
An emotional memorial service for about 1,000 mourners is planned today on the Birthday of the Easton College Student fatally shot by New York cops — the same day a lab hired by the family could begin performing Toxicology tests on his Blood, the family’s lawyer said. “We are in contact with the lab and we do expect (a sample) to be delivered in 24 hours,” said attorney Michael Sussman said. Danroy “D.J.” Henry Jr. was shot by Police trying to quell a melee ou...

High Exposure To BPA Linked To Low Sperm Count : NPR
Chinese factory workers exposed to high levels of the plastics chemical BPA had low sperm counts, according to the first human study to tie it to poor semen quality. The study is the latest to raise Health questions about bisphenol-A and comes two weeks after Canada published a final order adding the chemical to its list of toxic substances. Whether the relatively low sperm counts and other signs of poor semen quality translate to reduced fertility is not known. Study author Dr. De-Kun Li, a sci...

Jury deadlocks in NY radio newsman's killing
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors deadlocked Thursday in the Murder trial of a teenager accused of stabbing a radio newsman he met through a craigslist ad offering sex for money. It was the third day of deliberations at the trial of John Katehis, 18, who could have faced 25 years to life in Prison if convicted of killing George Weber, a freelancer for ABC News Radio. The 47-year-old Weber had also worked at WABC in New York and at stations in California, Colorado and Pennsylvania. Police discovered his ...

Man charged in beating death
Daniel R. Aderhold was arraigned Thursday in 19th District Court on the charge after Police said he beat Perry L. Beaubien in the head after the two had an argument. Aderhold is being held in the Wayne County Jail. Truck driver to face charges over marijuana A 54-year-old Sumpter Township man is to face federal charges after about 800 pounds of marijuana was found in the truck he was driving on I-94 this week, according to township Police. The man's id...

More tests needed on woman's body found in car in Delray
Delray Beach — Authorities are conducting further tests on a female body found inside a barrel in a Car before ruling her death a homicide or not. The Autopsy completed Wednesday was not definitive, and investigators are now awaiting Toxicology results and other tests, according to the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office. The testing often takes weeks. Police found the woman's body tucked into a cardboard barrel in a Kia Spectra parked downtown Tuesday evening. Her body was in o...

AFP: Spy's death still a mystery after tests draw blank
London — Tests on the body of a spy found dead in the bathtub of his London flat in August have discovered no evidence of any drugs, Alcohol or poison that might have killed him, Police said Thursday. A "comprehensive" series of tests have failed to explain the death of Gareth Williams, 30, and it remains a mystery, Police said in a statement -- although they insisted they were still treating his case as suspicious. "The Metropolitan Police Service can confirm that results from comprehe...

Rutgers-Camden Student Found Dead In Dorm Room
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Camden County authorities say the death of a Rutgers-Camden Student found in a dorm room this week apparently was due to Natural Causes. Nicholas M. Levin of Audubon died Friday, one day after his 21st birthday. Officials say Levin was a junior who commuted to the school but was staying with friends in the dorm in Camden. He was pronounced dead there just before 7 a.m. Friday, after university police responded to a medical distress call. Joseph Bowen, deputy chief of th...

Mistrial declared in NYC radio newsman's death
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors deadlocked in the Murder trial of a teenager accused of stabbing a radio newsman he met through a craigslist ad offering sex for money. It was the third day of deliberations at the trial of John Katehis, 18, who could have faced 25 years to life in Prison if convicted of killing George Weber, a freelancer for ABC News Radio. The 47-year-old Weber had also worked at WABC in New York and at stations in California, Colorado and Pen...

Rutgers-Camden Student Found Dead In Dorm Room
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Camden County authorities say the death of a Rutgers-Camden Student found in a dorm room this week apparently was due to Natural Causes. Nicholas M. Levin of Audubon died Friday, one day after his 21st birthday. Officials say Levin was a junior who commuted to the school but was staying with friends in the dorm in Camden. He was pronounced dead there just before 7 a.m. Friday, after university police responded to a medical distress call. Joseph Bowen, deputy chief of th...

Amphetamine's prescribed use defended by Air Force, M.D.
The ''go pill'' taken by a copilot 90 minutes before crash landing a Dyess Air Force Base B-1B Lancer is a speed-like stimulant. Dexedrine, an amphetamine, may have been a factor in the May 8 crash in Southwest Asia because the copilot had not tried the drug before, according to a report released last week by the Air Force's Accident Investigation Board. Normally, an Aircraft crew member must ''ground test'' stimulants, called ''go pills,'' before using them during long flights. ''This is the ...

Troops force villagers away from volcano as Mount Merapi erupts again
Indonesia'S Military forced villagers off the slopes of the country's Most volatile Volcano yesterday, carrying some away screaming as the mountain sent clouds of grey ash cascading down its slopes in its Most Powerful explosion yet. The notoriously unpredictable Mount Merapi forced the temporary closure of an airport and claimed another life, bringing the death toll for the week to 36. Hundreds of miles to the west, meanwhile, Relief workers said a total of 135 people missing ADVERTISEMENT si...